Bed-pan.



No; 897,434. PATENTEDSEPT. 1.1908.

1). A. WALTZ..

BED PAN.

AI PLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1905.

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DORA A. WALTZ, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

BED-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application filed August 9, 1905. Serial No. 273,374.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DORA A. VVALTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State ofUtah, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bed-Pans, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to bed pans, and its prime object is to enablethe use of the device either as a bed pan and urinal or as a douche panwithout requiring any complicated adjustment or alteration of thedevice.

Afurther object of the invention is to facilitate the handling of thepan in applying the same to and removing it from the patient, and toconstruct the device so as to afford a comfortable and efficient supportfor the body.

Another object of the invention is to have the pan so shaped as to fitup snugly to the abdomen and thereby close the open front and top of thepan to prevent soiling of the bed coverings by splatterings from thepan, and also to render the device effective for males as well as forfemales.

l/Vith these and other-objects in view, the present invention consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown. in

the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, sizeand minor details may be made,-

within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit orsacriiicing'any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bed pan of thepresent invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig.3 is a top plan view of the pan. Fig; 4 is a cross sectional view on theline 44 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a rear end view of the pan. Fig. 6 is anenlarged fragmentary sectional view showingthc pin and socket connectionbetween the hood and body of the pan.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery figure of the drawing.

As exhibited in the accompanying drawing, the present device includes inits general make up a base member 1 and a hood member 2, which membersare capable of being separated to enable the use of the device as adouche pan and also to permit of the convenient cleansing thereof.Moreover, when the .what above the front end wall.

hood is removed the device is considerably lightened and thereby morereadily handled.

The base member has a flat bottom for the stable support of the device,an upstanding front end wall 3, opposite side walls 4, and an upstandingrear end wall 5 which rises some- The front and side walls have theirupper edges turned inwardly to form overhanging flanges 6, constitutinga seat for the patient. As best shown in Fig. 3, it will be seen thatthe gen eral shape of the base member is elliptical and slightlytapered. towards its front end. The rear portions of the sides of thebase member rise to the height of the rear end portion 5, and theflanges 6 follow the rise of the sides as best indicated in Fig. 4 ofthe drawing. A suitable loop-shaped handle 7, is provided upon the rearend wall 5 for convcnience in hanrflling the pan, especially in applyingand removing the same.

The hood member 2 is open at its bottom and front only with its bottomedge rabbeted as at 8 to form a seat for the reception of the top edgesof the rear end wall 5 and the eX- tended sidewalls of the base member,whereby the hood is removably supported upon the base. The rabbetedportion of the hood produces an inner pendent peripheral flange 9, whichextends downwardly into the base member in close contact with the innerwalls thereof so as to form a liquid tight joint. The closed top of thehood extends forwardly over the open top of the p an in. the form of apommel adapted to 1% up close to the abdomen so as to stop the pan whenit has been properly positioned for use. The sides of the hood arecurved inwardly or concaved as at 10, and the upwardly extended rearside portions of the base are similarly concaved as at 11, the adjacentconcaved portions merging into one another so as to form seats atopposite sides of the hood to receive the thighs of the patient andthereby avoid the unnecessary spreading of the legs, whereby the presentdevice is rendered comfortable when in use. As theopening in the top ofthe base member or pan proper extends upwardly into the hood, alldischarge from the user which does not drop down into the pan is caughtby the hood and returned to the pan. in an efficient manner. The hood isparticularly useful for male patients and may be removed when the deviceis employed as a urinal or douche pan for females. There is an outletnipple 12 piercing one side of the base, to which a suitable hose isdesigned to be con nected for carrying off the liquid contents of thepan to prevent overflow thereof.

In addition to the rim or flange, I propose to provide a pin and socketconnection be tween the base and hood members, as best shown in Fig. 6of the drawing, wherein the pin member is designated 13, and the socket14. By preference, the pin is carried by the bottom edge of the hood,and the socket is in the top edge of the base or body member. While onlyone such pin and socket connection is shown, it will of course beunderstood that any number of such connections may be used as experiencemay determine.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising the body portionhaving inturned side walls, a front wall and a rear wall which rises toa greater height, than the front wall and a hood which is open only atthe front and the bottom thereof removably engaging 2. In a device ofthe character described,

the combination with the body having its Year portion raised and theupper edge of said portion lying in a substantially horizontal plane ofa removable hood the lower edge of which registers with the upper edgeof the raised body portion and interlocking members at said edges andadapted to removably hold the hood into engagement with the body, thejoint between the hood and the body, being a closed one, and the rearwall of the hood lying in the plane of and forming a continuation of therear wall of the body.

In testimony whereof I a'HiX my signature, in presence of tWosubscribing witnesses.

DORA A. WALTZ.

l/Vitnesses 1 G. F. PUTNAM,

LEILA H. HARD.

